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Susan Ann Hill lists another child for Absalom and Mary Lucy Naomi Camp. She was Elizabeth Autrey who married William Hill. This makes eleven children for Absalom and Mary Lucy.

children of Absalom Autrey and Lucy:

            I.         Alexander Autrey              VII.      James Autrey
            II.        Cornelius Autrey               VIII.     John Autrey
            III.       Elijah Autrey                     IX.       George Autrey
            IV.       Hiram Autrey                    X.        Enoch Autrey
            V.        Isaac Autrey                     XI.       Elizabeth Autrey
            VI.       William Autrey

I.          Alexander Autrey, son of Absalom and Lucy Autrey. In the first edition of this book, Alexander was credited for being in the American Revolution. The information was correct, but that Alexander who served in the American Revolution was the Alexander, son of Cornelius, Immigrant, and brother to Absalom, father of this Alexander. At this time we have no more information on Alexander Autrey, son of Absalom, the Tory Officer,

II.         Cornelius Autrey, son of Absalom Autrey and Lucy, was born in 1770 in North Carolina and d. 1842 in Perry County, AL. H to, on 69-1801 in Rutherford County, NC. to Nancy Eaves. Others say he married a Powers. They had 16 children.

He and his family migrated to the Mississippi Territory with his father in the early 1800's. By the early 1820s Cornelius Autrey was living in Perry County, Alabama. According to one source, his youngest son, James Henry Autrey, was born in Perry County in 1820. On 23 February 1824 Cornelius Autrey gave his daughter, Alsira, permission to marry Bird Griffin in that county. On 1 December 1826 Cornelius, along with Jesse Green, Ezekial Pricert and John Wiley were appointed by the Court to inventory and appraise the property of Thomas Norris. Thomas Norris was the father-in-law of Cornelius son, Absalom. Cornelius Autrey and his family had moved back to Benton County, Alabama in 1832. Charity, one of his daughters, married Thomas Jefferson Downing on 8 November 1832 in Benton County. On 2 August 1833 Cornelius Autrey bought 152.36 acres of land in St. Clair County from his brother for $300.00. This land was in Section 13, Township 14, Ranges West, the property that Enoch, James and George Autrey had inherited from their father in 1824. He sold 80 acres of land in Section 25, Township 14, Range 5 East to Thomas J. McGehee for $250.00 on 25 May 1846. This land was in St. Clam County. In 1847 Cornelius Autrey went to Perry County, Alabama to see his children. While on the visit he died. It is not known whether he was buried in Perry County or St. Clair County, Alabama. There are conflicting stories.²